Opening Ceremony

09:00 - 11:45, Main Hall

09:00
Welcome Addresses by

Rolf Emmermann, Scientific Executive Director of the GFZ

Klaus Kinkel, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany

Manfred Stolpe, Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg

Hans-Joachim Bosse, Mayor of Potsdam

Heads and envoys of DHA/IDNDR, WMO, UNEP, UNESCO, ITU, Commission of the European Union

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break

11:00
Keynote Lecture

11:45 - 14:00
Lunch Break

Plenary Session

"Bringing early warning to the people – public and partnership responsibilities for early warning"

Convenor: IDNDR Secretariat; Moderator: T. Jeggle

Monday, September 7, 1998

14:00 - 16:15, Main Hall

Oral Presentations

14:00
State authority: early warning systems for the reduction of natural disasters in China
Zhen-Yao Wang; China

14:15
Science: early warning systems for natural hazards from an international viewpoint - UNESCO experience
S. T. Malling, P. Bernal, F. W. Eder, A. Szollosi-Nagy; UNESCO

14:30
Community: community perceptions of risk - their impact on the effectiveness of early warning systems
J. Twigg; United Kingdom (Invited Lecture)

14:45
Environment: scientific contributions to effective early warning practices in an environmental context
A. Alusa; UNEP (Invited Lecture)

15:00
International Collaboration: the Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN)
P. Ward; USA (Invited Lecture)

15:15
Early warning aspects of reducing natural disasters in Nicaragua
C. Gutierrez Huete; Nicaragua

15:30 NN

15:45
Natural disaster early warning systems: The role of NGOs
M. A. Omulo; Kenya

16:00
Community mobilisation for early warning in the Philippines
Z. G. Delica; Philippines

16:15 - 16:45
Coffee Break

Plenary Session (continued)

"Public communication of early warnings"

Convenor: Ed Gross (Consultant to the WMO, USA)

Monday, September 7, 1998

16:45 - 18:30, Main Hall

Oral Presentations (Invited Lectures)

16:45
The role of the government
R. C. Landis; WMO

17:00
The role of the media in public communication of warnings
I. Niedek; Germany

17:15
Emerging opportunities
I. Davis; United Kingdom

17:30
Disaster early warning for individuals with special needs
J. C. Scott; USA

17:45
Electronic technology: the role of the Internet
P. Anderson; Canada

18:00
The ITU vision for the future
J. Elotu; ITU

18:15
Summary discussion and conclusions from the Plenary Sessions